Wearing apparel



Jan 10, 1950 H. s. GEENBLATT Er AL. 2,493,813

'WEARING APPAREL Filed Jan. 17, 1947 'f 'c 14.11.1411. a

Patented Jan. 10, v.1795() ,V y 2,493,5313; WEARING APPAjREL" v,HymanY simnn; Greenblattg.. Newton Highlands.,

ands. Julius;A Cohen, Mattapany; Boston;y .Massa saidI-lohen assigner to said -Greenblatt 1'," 19472;, seriarNe. masas4 Application January 1 This invention relates to wearingv apparel, such as slacks, culottes, j'umpers, dresses, etc., and its principal objects areto-provide an article of.' this-typehaving a-Waistwhich may readily-be adjusted so as comfortably to flt the waist of the wearer and to provide a construction which is of simple design and of pleasing appearance and which can be economically manufactured.

Another object is to provide an article of the afore-mentioned type which is so constructed that its length may be readily adjustable and securely held in any one of several positions of adjustment.

Further -objects relate to various features of construction and will be apparent from consideration of the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a front view of a pair of slacks constructed in accordance with the present inven.. tion;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front view showing one of the pair of adjustable waist sections;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section illustrating the manner in which the legs are secured in a selected position of adjustment.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings, which show what is now considered a preferred embodiment, the numeral I designates a pair of slacks which is illustrative of an article of wearing apparel having a waist 2 and a depending circumferential portion such as legs 3, and except for the parts hereinafter described, the construction and design may be in accordance with accepted conventional practices.

The waist 2 is formed with one or more adjustable parts 5, here shown as being conveniently located at each of the front lateral portions. Each of the adjustable parts 5, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, comprises a rear section 6 and a front section 8 having opposed free end portions arranged to be drawn and held in overlapping relationship, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Each of the rear sections 6 comprises a waistband element IIJ consisting of two plies of fabric stitched to the front or panel portion of the slacks, and the free ends of the two plies are stitched to a strap II having spaced eyelets or the like openings I2 at its free end portion. A relatively short length of strapping material I4 is stitched to the front face of the waistband islaam. (ci. 24437.)-`

M andits f-reeiend'v carriesl'af buckle |52 and# are-f Each Vof they front sections v8 likewise com-1 prisesaK waistbandbelement"l I8:l consisting .ofi twoV plies of fabric joining the body or panel portion of the slacks and spaced inwardly from the free end of the waistband I8 in a strap-receiving slot or opening 20 and a patch 2| overlying the openthe buckle I5 in the usual manner, thereby to draw the sections 6 and 8 together into overlapping relation the required degree to t about the waist of the wearer, the free ends of the straps being passed through the retaining loop I6, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Thus, the waist of the slacks or other type of wearing apparel may be adjusted so as to assure a comfortable, wellappearing fit.

The legs 3 may also be adjusted to the desired iength and, to this end, the opposite han of each leg is formed with two sections '25 and 26 (Figs. 4 and 5), the marginal portion of the section 25 being folded over and stitched to the marginal portion of the section 26 so as to form a hem 28 the lower end of which terminates in or otherwise provides a flap 3|] (Fig. 4). A button or other suitable fastening element 32 is sewed to the overlapping junction of the two sections beneath the flap 30 and above the flap the hem 28 is formed with spaced button-holes 33 or fastening elements interengageable with the fastening element 32. With this construction and arrangement of parts the lower ends of the legs 3 may be folded inwardly so that each of the buttons 32 may be inserted in one of the associated button-holes 33, as shown in Fig. 5, thereby to adjust the length of the leg to suit the wearer.

An outstanding advantage of the construction and arrangement herein shown is that an article of wearing apparel, such as a dress, pair of slacks, a skirt or the like, may be so adjusted as to fit different size waists and leg lengths. Hence, such an article of Wearing apparel may be made in a relatively few size ranges and any selected size range will insure a comfortable and well-appearing t for any size within the specied range.

While we have shown and described one desirable embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that this disclosure is for the purpose of illustration and that various changes 2,498,813 l o I 3 t` i and modifications may be'made without departcured about the outer face of said second secing fromvthe spirit and scope of the invention tion so as to conceal said strap-receiving openas set forth in the appended claim. ing and form an open-end pocket through which We claim: the said strap extends. An article of wearing apparel of the class de- 5 HYMAN SIMON GREENBLATT. scribed, comprising a waist formed with two sec- JULIUS COHEN. tions having free end portions constructed and arranged to be drawn into overlapping relatiom 1 REFERENCES-CITED y a Strap Prolectmg from the free end of the mst The following references are of record in the section, the outer face of said rst section car- 10 me of this patent: rying one of a pair of complementary interenf gaging fastening elements spaced inwardly from A UNITED STATES PATENTS its free end, the second section having a Number Y Name Date strap-receiving opening spaced from its free end 829,944 Breckenridge Sept 4 1906 and so arranged that said strap may be passed '-15 916,577 Y Morton Mal- 30, 1909 through said opening and drawn toward said i'irst 1,034,353 Fedmam Jmy 20, 1912 section, thereby to brins the free end portions 1,761,886 Haspe1 June 3, 1930 of the two sections into overlapping relation, the 2,307,213 f G1dston Jan. 5, 1943 free Yend portions of said strap carrying the other.VV 1 2,333,552 Stephenson Jan .1, 1944 of said complementary interengagrig fastening 2,352,614 Brown July 4) 1944 elements which is broughtinto posi ion to engage l r Y the first of said fasteningeiementswhenthe FOREIGN PATENTS free end s of lsaid sections are drawn intoover- Number Country Y Date lapping relai-fion.l and ,a pathrhke member Se-` I 112,290 Y Austrana- Jan. s, 1941- 

